On a Misty Night, Rick Crane, Vinnie Cutro & Joe Verrusio, Virtual Jazz ...

We are musicians, our friends are musicians and the lock-down isn't going to stop us from doing what we love.

When the pandemic started we were out working at clubs, weddings, parties, etc.  You name it, if someone wanted music, we were there for them.   Most of us have degrees from some of the most prestigious music programs in the country.  Those of us who don't have the degrees spent years studying under our mentors and learning our craft while performing.  Some of our musicians have Grammys or are Grammy nominated artists.  Currently these artists are making $0 income.  They still have families to support.  

Music is in the DNA of our friends and colleagues.  While performing for the public has come to a screeching halt, we continue to compose, create and play our instruments.  Just like athletes who must continue their daily workouts to remain in shape, we continue to practice every day in anticipation of our return to the work that we love.

In this video we are featuring three Jazz Musicians,  they are:  Rick Crane on upright bass, Vinnie Cutro on the trumpet and Joe Verrusio on the guitar.  All three men have been performing together in the New York Area for over 40 years.  In the course of their careers they have become dear friends.  

The idea to create virtual videos came to Joe Verrusio.  When the lock-down started, he was seeing a number of Zoom videos featuring orchestras and choirs and could not find any Jazz Trios doing the same thing.  He still wanted too perform with his band mates to keep up his "chops."  This is how this video came to be.  To this date we have made three virtual videos, improving on each one based on what we learned from the previous ones.  The first video in the series was Misty.  If you watch the video you can see that the lighting is poor on Joe, while the lighting is much better on Rick Crane.   The difference is that Joe taped himself using the Zoom app., while Rick used his iPhone.  Our second video was When You Wish Upon a Star.  
On When You Wish Upon a Star the lighting is much improved, because Joe used his iPad to self film.

Now we come to the third video in the series, On a Misty Night.  In this video we feature three artists:  Rick Crane on upright bass, Vinnie Cutro on trumpet and Joe Verrusio on the guitar.
The addition of a third instrument really enriches the overall sound and vibe that we want too convey to our viewers.